St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-02

ix,aseAa. ~ ~ ease and relief
q. 49, : - from the fever
ish harassment of his earlier struggles.
He now had time to realize that he was
something above machine turning
ceaSelessly in the treadmill of duty:
that he was human. in fact. and to in
dulge little in love. His wife. Renee,
geOise family, and brought up by her
parents with the greatest care, had
been given by them an education
far beyond that usually consid-
cred necessary among the citizen
classes of France. An accomplished
musician. charming reader and as SEN
sible and piOus as she was amiable and
beautiful, Renee gave herself up to a
love for her husband that was simply
ideal in its truth and purity. 1t was not
to be wondered at that their little apart
ment in the suburbs of Trevise was, an
Eden into which Adrien, after the hard
ships and privatiOns of his earlier
career, entered with the feeling of
man wrapped in delicious dream
evertheless. in spite of the happiness
in which he now passed his days, he had
not entirely abandoned himself to this
idyllic life. but still retained -
THE INSTINCTS OF THE NEGOTIATOR.
the seeker after greater riches and not
content with his daily preoccupations of
fiiafiager and cashier, allowed himself
to be gradually drawn into that danger
Gus maelstrom-the bourse. That he
carefully concealed this from Renee,
however, you may be sure. for he knew
but too we'll that she would only, have
seen in it a source of constant peril.
slured on and on by dreams of sudden
wealth, the desire for it, increased by
the misery of the past. he was soon a
helpless victim to the vertigo of play,
not on the green cloth that has wrecked
so many, but to its sister passion, spec
ulatiOn, disease, if anything, more in
siduous and fatal still.
The spring of 1S- had been close and
enervating and Paris, dusty and sitting
with an already summer sun. A long,
ing for the fields, the velvety Sward, the
freshness of the country air. the voice
of the birds commenced to invade all
those compelled by the exigencies of
business to dwell in the tainted atmo-
sphere of the streets. and in the first
days of June. when the capital is filed
with nauseating Odors and deafening
with the roar of wheels, theSetwo young
people, like all the rest of the world, de-
parted for their
SUMNER OUTING To DIEPPE.
starting on one of those beautiful moon
light nights. when it is happiness
enough simply to contemplate through
the glasses of the carriage the silvery
and misty fields, the profile of the dis
tant mountains. and through the laby-
rinth of trees the metallic sparkle of the
wandering Seine.
T0waftetfin a room that looked upon
the bOundleSS sea mirrOred beneath the
dawn, to walk in the cool and shady
roads of Varengeville, to rest upon a
bench gray with the declining sun, to
wander in the evenings to the crowded
Casino and listen to the symphonies of
waltZes gay and tender. was phase of
life until now unknown to Adrien and
Renee. They forgot the past the flu
ture, every thing in fact, in the daily in
toXication of pleasure that came to them
with the charm of dream, save that
they loved each other tenderly and were
alone together without ties or kindred.
Adrien was at times grave and anx-
iOuS,his thoughts running to the tumult-
uOuS world of business that for awhile
he had left behind him, but it was not
for long: the love of his wife and the
fascination of the hours they were living
together, soon restored him to his acc,ls-
toned tranquility.
One beautiful morning filled with sun
shine, and with sea that reflected as a
mirror every line and tint of the blue
and white cliffs about them, as Adrien
descended from his chamber, leaving
Renee to array herself for breakfast. a
messenger brought him a letter-an ur-
gent letter-from friend and comrade
in the city. He read it hastily, turned
as white as sheet, and, badly dissimu-
lating his profound agitation, continued
his way to the beach.
What Should he do-wh of cOuld ba do
he continually repeated, as, like a man
upon whom thunderbolt has fallen. he
paced the sands in anguish. At last he
was calmer; he had decided upon the
course to pursue. and he was able to
return to his wife with an almost tran
quill brow.
SHE CAME TO MEET HIM, SMILING
and charming in an airy toilet of deli
cate gray, and rosy and fresh as the
morning. Accustomed to the fits of de-
preston that SO frequently assailed her.
husband of late, Renee did not trouble
him with questioning. Finding him
taciturn and inclined to avoid the sub
ject of his looks, she wisely dropped It.
if he would not take her for row upona
the sea.
"Willingly," Adrien responded, and
after they had breakfasted quietly
strolled upon the sand, and as the tide
was on the turn again, they went out
and embarked alone in one of the tiny
pleasure boats that crowd the strand Of
Dieppe. Scarcely a ripple stirred the
bosom of the sea; the l0iterers on the
beach were few and far between and the
sun Shone broad and full upon the quiet
water. Adrien, seated behind. rOwed
vigorously, but in silence, while his
wife, reclining in front of him, seemed
equally disposed to revery.
Little by little the coast drew further
and further away, the outlines of, the
nearest houses were barely distinguish /
able above the tops of the cliffs. and
soon "Old Dieppe," with its gray-brown